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Subject: Judaism Reading List: Books for Jewish Children (Pt. XIII)
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              Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
              Books for Jewish Children
         [Last Change: $Date: 1995/06/27 20:14:39 $ $Revision: 1.2 $]
                    [Last Post: Fri Feb 20 11:07:04 US/Pacific 2004]

   This message is intended to provide recommendations to the readers of
   soc.culture.jewish of books that either relate to new parenting
   issues, or are suitable for use by children. For childrens books, were
   possible, an age range is given. Note that this list only touches upon
   a small area of the life of a child as it grows from infant to adult.
   Readers should also consult the [6]lifecycle section in the
   [7]Traditional Reading List for even more books.

   In general, throughout the reading lists, North American (US/Canada)
   terms are used to refer to the movements of Judaism. Outside of North
   American, Reform is Progressive or Liberal Judaism; Conservative is
   Masorti or Neolog, and Orthodoxy is often just "Judaism". Even with
   this, there are differences in practice, position, and ritual between
   US/Canada Reform and other progressive/liberal movements (such as UK
   Progressive/ Liberal), and between US/Canada Conservative and the
   conservative/Masorti movement elsewhere. Where appropriate, these
   differences will be highlighted.

    Other Reading Lists

   This isn't the only kids reading list. The following other lists are
   worth examining. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses.
     * Wendy Bett's [8]Bibliography of Jewish Books
       ([9]http://www.armory.com/~web/jbooks.html). This list is good and
       provides annotations, but is very short.
     * Rabbi Amy Scheinerman's [10]Annotated List of Jewish Children's
       Books ([11]http://ezra.mts.jhu.edu/~rabbiars/). This is a very
       extensive annotated list of Jewish books. Unfortunately, most of
       the books on this list are out of print.
     * Lori's Mishmash [12]Children's Book List
       ([13]http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/6174/jewish-children.htm
       ). This is a very extensive book lists, with lots of synopses.
       Lori also has an Amazon affiliation. The pages may be slow to
       load, as Lori has a graphic for each book.
     * Childrenlit.Com's [14]Themed Reviews of Jewish Interest
       ([15]http://www.childrenslit.com/th_jewishint.html). This is a
       short listing of books of Jewish interest together with a synopsis
       for each book.
     * [16]Jewish Community Library of Los Angeles
       ([17]http://www.jclla.org/). The JCLLA has a large number of
       reading lists available for children.

    Where Can I Get The Books

   Many of these books are available through general bookstores or
   Judaica bookstores. A list of links to these may be found in the
   [18]sources section of the [19]General Reading List (if you are
   reading this at [20]www.scjfaq.org, you can simply click on the
   "Sources" button in the header navigation bar).

   [Amazon Associate] The S.C.J Reading List has established an affiliate
   relationship with Amazon.Com. ([21]http://www.amazon.com/). Now you
   can complete your library and support the continued development of the
   Reading Lists at the same time, for many books on the reading list are
   available through Amazon. For those reading this at
   [22]www.scjfaq.org/rl/ant-intro.html, you can click the link to the
   left to browse Amazon's selections. Alternatively, if you enter Amazon
   using the URL
   [23]http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=socculturejewi
   sh, the reading lists will get credit for your entry. Additionally,
   when you see the Amazon graphic [24][If you were at www.scjfaq.org,
   the graphic would be here] (or "[Buy at Amazon: http:...]") on an
   entry in the reading list, this indicates that the specific book is
   available for purchase at Amazon. Click on the graphic/link to go to
   Amazon and purchase the book.

   Reproduction of this posting for commercial use is subject to
   restriction.

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Subject: ORGANIZATION

   This reading list is organized as follows:
     * [7]Introduction to this Reading List
     * [8]Birth and Naming
     * [9]Raising a Child
     * [10]Family Guidebooks
     * [11]Ceremonies: From Upsheren to Confirmation
     * [12]Holiday Books for Children
     * [13]Liturgy for Children
     * [14]Bible and Torah for Children
     * [15]Jewish History for Children
     * [16]Jewish Theology for Children
     * [17]Israel
     * [18]Learning Hebrew
     * [19]Jewish Stories
     * [20]Credits

This part of the reading list is currently under construction.


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Subject: Credits

   The inspiration for this part of the reading list came from Marjorie
   Peskin, who provided some initial lists of books. Other lists of
   recommended books were developed by Daniel Faigin through reserach and
   personal experience; Eric Simon, who assisted in the Summer 2000 list
   remodeling, and various other readers of soc.culture.jewish.parenting.
   Additional contributions to this list have been made by Meredith
   Warshaw. As usual, suggestions for additions or deletions are welcome,
   as are brief annotations for any entry.

   A special thank you... Special thanks for her patience and
   understanding go to my wife, Karen, who put up with me hiding at the
   computer for the two months it took to complete the July/August 2000
   remodel of the entire soc.culture.jewish FAQ and Reading Lists. If you
   think the effort was worth it, drop her a note c/o
   [6][e-mail].

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Subject: How do I obtain copies of the Reading Lists?

                                  Answer:

   There are a number of different ways to obtain copies of the Reading
   Lists:
     * WWW. If you are reading this on Usenet, and would like to see an
       online, hyperlinked version, go visit [2]http://www.scjfaq.org/.
       This is the "web" version of the FAQ; the version posted to Usenet
       is generated from the web version. Note that the www.scjfaq.org
       version is a copy of the actual master version; if you want to
       access the master, visit [3]http://master.scjfaq.org/.
       Alternatively, if you would like to see the posted version through
       the web, visit [4]http://shamash.org/listarchives/scj-faq/. The
       FAQ is in the subdirectory "FAQ"; the reading lists are in the
       subdirectory "rl".
     * Email. Scjfaq.org also provides an autoretriever that allows one
       to obtain a copy of the reading lists by return Email. To use the
       autoretriever, you send a retrieval request to
       [5][e-mail] with the request in the body of the
       message. A more reliable way to retrieve these files is through
       the [6]FAQ autoretriever
       ([7]http://www.mljewish.org/bin/autoresp.cgi). For the FAQ, the
       request has the form:

     send faq partname
       For the reading list, the request has the form:

     send rl partname
       "Partname" is replaced by the name of the part, as shown in the
       general index. The following is a short summary of the mapping of
       partnames for the Reading Lists:
          + [8]general: Introduction and General. Includes book sources,
            starting points for beginners, starting points for non-Jewish
            readers, General Judaism, General Jewish Thought, General
            Jewish History, Contemporary Judaism, Noachide Laws, Torah
            and Torah Commentary, Talmud and Talmudic Commentary,
            Mishnah, Midrash, Halachic Codes, Becoming An Observant Jew,
            Women and Judaism, and Science and Judaism.
          + [9]traditional: Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle,
            Holidays. Includes Traditional Liturgy; Traditional
            Philosophy and Ethics; Prayer; Traditional Practice; The
            Household; Life, Death, and In-Between; and The Cycle Of
            Holidays.
          + [10]mysticism: Kabbalah, Mysticism, and Messianism. Includes
            Academic and Religious treatments of Kabbalah, Sprituality,
            and the Jewish notion of the Messiah.
          + [11]reform: Reform/Progressive Judaism
          + [12]conservative: Conservative Judaism
          + [13]reconstructionist: Reconstructionist Judaism
          + [14]humanistic: Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic
            Judaism)
          + [15]chasidism: Chassidism. Includes general information on
            historical chassidism, as well as specific information on
            Lubavitch (Chabad), Satmar, Breslaw (Breslov), and other
            approaches.
          + [16]zionism: Zionism. Includes Zionism and The Development Of
            Israel, The Founders, Zionistic Movements, and Judaism in
            Israel.
          + [17]antisemitism: Antisemitism. Includes sections on
            Antisemitism, What Led to The Holocaust, Medieval Oppression,
            Antisemitism Today (Including Dealing with Hate Groups),
            Judaism and Christianity, and Judaism, Freemasonry and other
            rumors.
          + [18]intermarriage: Intermarriage. Includes sections on "So
            You're Considering Intermarriage?", The Traditional
            Viewpoint, Conversion, and Coping With Life As An
            Intermarried.
          + [19]childrens: Books for Jewish Children. Includes sections
            on Birth and Naming, Raising a Child, Family Guidebooks,
            Upsheren, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, Holiday Books for
            Children, Liturgy for Children, Bible and Torah for Children,
            Jewish History for Children, Jewish Theology for Children,
            Israel, Learning Hebrew, and Jewish Stories.
       The following is a short summary of the mapping to partnames for
       the FAQ:
          + [20]01-FAQ-intro: Section [21]1: Network and Newsgroup
            Information.
          + [22]02-Who-We-Are: Section [23]2: Who We Are
          + [24]03-Torah-Halacha: Sections [25]3, [26]4: Torah; Halachic
            Authority
          + [27]04-Observance: Sections [28]5, [29]6, [30]7, [31]8:
            Jewish Holidays; Jewish Dietary Law and Kashrut; Sabbath and
            Holiday Observance; Woman and Marriage
          + [32]05-Worship: Sections [33]9, [34]10, [35]11: Jewish
            Worship; Conversion, Intermarriage, and "Who is a Jew?";
            Miscellaneous Practice Questions
          + [36]06-Jewish-Thought: Section [37]12: Jewish Thought
          + [38]07-Jews-As-Nation: Section [39]13: Jews as a Nation
          + [40]08-Israel: Section [41]14: Jews and Israel
          + [42]09-Antisemitism: Sections [43]15, [44]16, [45]17: Churban
            Europa (The Holocaust); Antisemitism and Rumors about Jews;
            Countering Missionaries
          + [46]10-Reform: Section [47]18: Reform/Progressive Judaism
          + [48]11-Miscellaneous: Sections [49]19, [50]20: Miscellaneous;
            References and Getting Connected
          + [51]12-Kids: Section [52]21: Jewish Childrearing Related
            Questions
          + [53]mail-order: Mail Order Judaica
       Alternatively, you may send a message to
       [54][e-mail] with the following line in the body
       of the message:
       send usenet/news.answers/judaism/(portionname)
       Where (portionname) is replaced by the appropriate subdirectory
       and filenames; for example, to get the first part of the reading
       list, one would say:
        send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general
     * Anonymous FTP: All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists
       are archived on [55]rtfm.mit.edu and are available for anonymous
       FTP from the pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ directory (URL
       [56]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/FAQ/).
       Similarly, the parts of the reading lists are stored in the
       pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists directory (URL:
       [57]ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lis
       ts). Note that the archived versions of the FAQ and reading lists
       are the posted versions; that is, they are each one large ASCII
       file.

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Subject: Copyright Notice

   The soc.culture.jewish reading lists are not to be reproduced for
   commercial use unless the party reproducing the reading lists agrees
   to the following:
    1. Use of latest version. They will contact the [1]FAQ maintainer
       ([2][e-mail]) to obtain the latest version for their
       collection.
    2. Tell us where it is. They will provide the [3]FAQ maintainer
       ([4][e-mail]) with information on what collection the
       copy of the reading lists are in, and how that collection may be
       obtained.
    3. No modifications. They will agree, in writing, that the reading
       lists will be included in the collection without modification, and
       that acknowledgements of contributors to the reading lists remain.
    4. Don't make money off of it. They will agree, in writing, that the
       collection including the reading lists will be distributed on
       either a non-profit basis, or have some percentage of profit
       donated to Tzedakah (Charity)

   To support this, the reading lists are Compilation Copyright (c) 1993
   through 2000 by Daniel P. Faigin (the FAQ maintainer).

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Please mail additions or corrections to me at [e-mail].


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